★ What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
that would be my lack of freedom and all my creative outlets being blocked.

★ Where would you like to live?
one day i'd like to live somewhere not so... urban. the city would still be accessible but not exactly part of it. like one of those countrysides in Tuscany. the alternative would be places with breath taking classical architecture.

★ What is your idea of earthly happiness?
that's being able to create something and to happily share it.

★ To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
procrastination, oh yes.



★ Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
morpheus (Gaiman's the Sandman), lelouch (Code Geass), sherlock holmes, donnie darko

★ Who are your favorite characters in history?
jean paul sartre, elizabeth I, immanuel kant, gaius octavius, plato, marie antoinette, ferdinand marcos, nietzsche

★ Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
my mother.

★ Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
josephine march, dolores haze (Lolita), morgan le fay, lady macbeth, viola (Twelft Night)

★ Your favorite painter?
hieronymus bosch, william blake, john william waterhouse, audrey kawasaki

★ Your favorite musician?
too many. right now: Muse and Yoko Kanno.

★ The quality you most admire in a man?
intelligence, conviction, thoughtfulness, considerate, passionate

★ The quality you most admire in a woman?
individuality, spontaneous, shrewed

★ Your favorite virtue?
to be able not to judge others

★ Your favorite occupation?
drawing, sketching, painting, reading

★ Who would you have liked to be?
a me who's more assertive

★ Your most marked characteristic?
passive-aggressive, curiosity

★ What do you most value in your friends?
a sense of humor, open-mindedness, selflessness

★ What is your principle defect?
laziness always

★ What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
losing my freedom, death of an immediate family member and a loved one

★ What would you like to be?
loved and happy with my future career

★ What is your favorite color?
black

★ What is your favorite flower?
roses and cherry blossoms

★ What is your favorite bird?
phoenix. the idea of it is so beautiful!

★ Who are your favorite prose writers?
nabokov, bulgakov, angela carter, stephen king, gaiman

★ Who are your favorite poets?
rainier maria rilke, e.e cummings

★ What are your favorite names?
the names artemis has always had a soft spot in my heart. along with names of the angels in judeo-christian mythology. names of places like manila, munich, riga, luxor, versailles, riga~

★ What is it you most dislike?
snails. fatalism.

★ What historical figures do you most despise?
a lot of religious ones.

★ What natural gift would you most like to possess?
self-confidence and being a good speaker

★ How would you like to die?
loved, of course

★ What is your present state of mind?
hazy.

★ What is your motto?
"shut up and start writing", "do not regret growing older, it is a priviledge denied to many", "don't waste your time or time will waste you"